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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger A. Morton, Penfield, NY (US);
Timothy J. Tredwell, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/732 ; B41J 2/435 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/732 ; B41J 2/435 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for printing large format lenticular images on a lenticular sheet ( ) having a plurality of generally parallel lenticules ( ) on a front side of the lenticular sheet ( ). A sensor ( ) senses a beginning of each lenticule ( ). A printhead ( ) prints interleaved image information on the lenticular sheet ( ) in a series of swaths ( ). A width of each of the swaths ( ) is less than a width of the lenticular sheet ( ). Each of the swaths ( ) is printed in a direction parallel to the lenticules ( ) and each of the swaths ( ) is printed in a direction perpendicular to the lenticules ( ).